Difference between revisions of "Nymphaea elegans"
Bot. Mag., plate 4604. 1851.
Common names: Blue water-lily
Weedy
Synonyms: Species (Hooker) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>unbranched, erect, ovoid; stolons absent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole glabrous. <b>Leaf</b> blade abaxially purple, adaxially green, ovate to nearly orbiculate, 8-20(-30) × 7-16(-25) cm, margins entire to sinuate; venation radiate and prominent centrally, without weblike pattern, compressed upon drying, principal veins 9-17; surfaces glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> emersed, 6-13 cm diam., opening and closing diurnally, only sepals and outermost petals in distinct whorls of 4; sepals green, abaxially flecked with short dark lines, faintly to obscurely veined, lines of insertion on receptacle not prominent; petals 8-27, pale violet to nearly white; stamens 55-145, yellow, connective appendage projecting to 1 mm, rarely more, beyond anther; filaments mostly widest above middle, shorter than anthers; pistil 12-20(-25)-locular, appendages at margin of stigmatic disk triangular, 1 mm or less. <b>Seeds</b> nearly globose, ca. 1.1-1.6 × 0.9-1.3 mm, 1.1-1.3 times as long as broad, with short appressed papillae absent or to 30 µm.</span><!-- |
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|habitat=Freshwater ponds, lakes, sloughs, pools in swamps and marshes, ditches, and canals | |habitat=Freshwater ponds, lakes, sloughs, pools in swamps and marshes, ditches, and canals | ||
|elevation=0-150 m | |elevation=0-150 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;ne;w Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas) | + | |distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;ne;w Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas). |
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|habitat=Freshwater ponds, lakes, sloughs, pools in swamps and marshes, ditches, and canals | |habitat=Freshwater ponds, lakes, sloughs, pools in swamps and marshes, ditches, and canals | ||
|elevation=0-150 m | |elevation=0-150 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;ne;w Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas) | + | |distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;ne;w Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas). |
|reference=schneider1982b | |reference=schneider1982b | ||
|publication title=Bot. Mag., plate | |publication title=Bot. Mag., plate | ||
|publication year=1851 | |publication year=1851 | ||
|special status=Weedy | |special status=Weedy | ||
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|genus=Nymphaea | |genus=Nymphaea | ||
|species=Nymphaea elegans | |species=Nymphaea elegans | ||
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Revision as of 14:45, 27 July 2019
Rhizomes unbranched, erect, ovoid; stolons absent. Leaves: petiole glabrous. Leaf blade abaxially purple, adaxially green, ovate to nearly orbiculate, 8-20(-30) × 7-16(-25) cm, margins entire to sinuate; venation radiate and prominent centrally, without weblike pattern, compressed upon drying, principal veins 9-17; surfaces glabrous. Flowers emersed, 6-13 cm diam., opening and closing diurnally, only sepals and outermost petals in distinct whorls of 4; sepals green, abaxially flecked with short dark lines, faintly to obscurely veined, lines of insertion on receptacle not prominent; petals 8-27, pale violet to nearly white; stamens 55-145, yellow, connective appendage projecting to 1 mm, rarely more, beyond anther; filaments mostly widest above middle, shorter than anthers; pistil 12-20(-25)-locular, appendages at margin of stigmatic disk triangular, 1 mm or less. Seeds nearly globose, ca. 1.1-1.6 × 0.9-1.3 mm, 1.1-1.3 times as long as broad, with short appressed papillae absent or to 30 µm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Freshwater ponds, lakes, sloughs, pools in swamps and marshes, ditches, and canals
Elevation: 0-150 m
Distribution
Fla., La., Tex., ne, w Mexico, West Indies (Bahamas).
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.